One of them climbed aboard a soapbox and began informing the locals why gays should be allowed in the military.

他们其中的一个人登上了小讲台，开始跟当地人讲为什么同性恋者应该被允许征召入伍。

More importantly, gays have proved themselves to be style leaders.

更重要的是，同性恋们证实了他们是时尚的引导者。

Obviously, not all gays have it, or anything like it;

显然，并不是所有同志都有这种或者与其相似的声线。

The Dallas Voice: "Do gays and lesbians make better parents?"

达拉斯之声的同志们才更适合做父母？

For gays, it is apathy that murders relationships, not tension.

对同志关系来说，冷淡是致命的，而不是吵架。

Since assuming office, gays have criticised him for forgetting them.

从就职开始，同志就批评他忘记他们。

For gays, breaking up usually means simply moving out, not hiring divorce attorneys.

对同志来说，分手只要搬出去住就可以了，而不需要去找个离婚律师。

Obviously, not all gays have it, or anything like it; we are talking about perceptions.

显然，并不是所有同志都有这种或者与其相似的声线。我们只是在探讨认知。

The upstairs bar was full of butch gays in cowboy outfits, drinking beer out of the bottle.

楼上的酒吧里满是身穿牛仔装的“壮男”，拿着酒瓶子喝啤酒。

Gay marriage, civil unions or domestic partnerships is afforded to gays in many countries and states.

在许多国家和州府，同志婚姻，公民关系以及家庭合伙都是被承认的。

The issue remains deeply divisive in America, where two voters out of three oppose marriage for gays.

该议题在美国仍然纷争严重，有三分之二的选民反对同性结婚。

Many states allow some kind of legalized relationship for gays, but only one, Massachusetts, has gay marriage on the books.

很多州都允许同志形成某种形式的合法关系，但是只有一个州，麻省，把同性婚姻写到了纸上。

Why would gays show more beneficence in arguments, do a worse job ofrepairing after bad fights and find palpitation satisfying?

为什么同志会在争执中得到更多益处，在糟糕的争吵之后又很难补救和更期盼心悸的感觉？

But they also acknowledge that it's impossible to know from these findings what exactly it is about these facial features that give gays away.

但他们也同样承认，不可能从这些发现准确地知道真的是面部特征出卖了gay。

Using cynical language that would offend the gays and the military alike if it became public, they drafted a memo on how to handle the subject.

使用愤世嫉俗的语言可能触犯同志、军事一样如果成为公众场合他们起草了一份备忘录说明如何处理这个问题。

"I did not say anywhere that the police will arrest the gays because I know of gay rights," Odinga said at a conference today in Nairobi, the capital.

“我没有在任何地方说过警察可以逮捕同性恋，因为我知道同性恋的权利，”奥廷加今日在肯尼亚首都内罗毕的一次会议上说。

For inspiration and public persuasion, each group needed an urgent spokesman. Blacks had MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.) and gays had MILK — Harvey Milk.

每个群体都需要一个具有公众说服力的灵魂般的要紧代言人，黑人有马丁·路德·金，而同性恋有哈维·米尔克。

At the time I opined "cause we all know an ad like this won't run in America, not only because it's about gays, but because it's a 48-second commercial.

那时我写道，因为我们都知道这种广告是不会在美国播出的，不仅仅是因为它是关于同性恋的，而且因为它是一个长达48秒的全商业性广告。

“[S]peaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do,” he said.

“对我来说，仅就我个人，我个人相信允许同性恋公开服役是正确的。” 他说，“不管我怎么看这件事，我无法逃离被这么一个现实困恼。

Her father was a Baptist preacher, and her former husband was a member of the church of Christ, so she knew how unwelcoming some churches could be for gays.

她的父亲是一位浸信会传教士，而她的前夫是基督教徒。所以她明白某些教会有多么厌恶同性恋。

Walker heard 13 days of testimony and arguments since January during the first trial in federal court to examine if states can prohibit gays from getting married.

1月以来，沃克在联邦法院的第一审判中听取了13天的证词和辩论，以决定州是否能禁止同性恋结婚。

It is hard to claim that gays are out to destroy the traditional family when they are trying to join it, or to condemn them for trying to serve their country.

(因为)当同性恋们努力的融入家庭生活时，你很难去宣称他们破坏了传统的家庭，同样，你也很难因为他们希望为国家服务而去对他们指手画脚。